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English
Etymology
From lusitropy + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lusitropic (not comparable)
- (physiology) relating to or producing lusitropy
- Antonym: inotropic
15 July 2015, Yazine Mahjoub, Stéphanie Malaquin, Gilles Mourier, Emmanuel Lorne, Osama Abou Arab, Ziad A. Massy, Hervé Dupont, Frédéric Ducancel, “Short- versus long-sarafotoxins: two structurally related snake toxins with very different in vivo haemodynamic effects”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:We also found that SRTX-b exerted a negative lusitropic effect i.e impairment of LV relaxation as reflected by an increased Tau, the relaxation time constant.